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twelve

adjective as in having twelve of something

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The former BBC 5 Live journalist and podcaster was experiencing pelvic organ prolapse - a condition that affects around one in twelve women, but which many have never even heard of.

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I was 21, barely old enough to buy the champagne for mimosas, but somehow old enough to think I could pull off homemade biscuits, jam, cinnamon rolls and quiche for twelve.

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Total deployments—or money invested—in the past twelve months rose to 24.9 billion euros from 20.4 billion euros a year prior, and most of this went to private equity and debt financing, it said.

Each pack includes twelve pieces of buttery puff pastry filled with creamy feta and cream cheese that’s topped with caramelized onions.

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But to persuade you of that, the government will want to look more convincingly in control than in its first twelve months.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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